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2024-09-02 13:46:38

'A tech firm stole our voices - then cloned and sold them'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3d9zv50955o

2024-08-25 15:25:50

The Social Recession Is Accelerating
Did wages rise 10-fold to match the 10-fold rise in the cost of a modest house? No. That is social recession in a nutshell.
https://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-social-recession-is-accelerating.html?m=1

2024-07-25 20:37:54

Buildings in Jasper in ashes after 'monster' wildfire rips through mountain community
'Potentially 30 to 50 per cent structural damage,' Premier Danielle Smith tells media
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/wildfire-that-roared-into-jasper-was-a-wall-of-fast-moving-flame-says-fire-official-1.7274825

2024-07-03 15:29:08

Scientists wary of bird flu pandemic 'unfolding in slow motion'
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/scientists-wary-bird-flu-pandemic-unfolding-slow-motion-2024-07-01/

2024-07-01 13:50:57

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@npub1gf2…u0nm props for referencing The Three Body Problem

2024-06-11 13:56:41

COLOMBIAN VICTIMS WIN HISTORIC VERDICT OVER CHIQUITA: JURY FINDS BANANA COMPANY LIABLE FOR FINANCING DEATH SQUADS.
https://earthrights.org/media_release/colombian-victims-win-historic-verdict-over-chiquita-jury-finds-banana-company-liable-for-financing-death-squads/

2024-05-06 15:04:03

An Oil Price-Fixing Conspiracy Caused 27% of All Inflation Increases in 2021
The FTC just found evidence that American oil companies colluded with the Saudi government to hike gas prices, costing the average family $3,000 last year. The question is, what can we do about it?
Prices rise because firms raise them.
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/an-oil-price-fixing-conspiracy-caused

2024-04-06 13:04:31

Mexico is breaking diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police stormed the embassy in Quito
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ecuadorian-police-break-mexican-embassy-quito-diplomatic-rift-108919670

2024-04-03 14:47:35

70% of the land in Britain is still owned by 1% of the population, largely descended from William the Conqueror’s army
Some Norman descendants are still doing very fine in today's Britain.
https://www.zmescience.com/other/shorties/70-percent-britain-land-owned-by-the-rich/

2024-03-30 15:44:41

Biden administration restores threatened species protections dropped by Trump
https://apnews.com/article/biden-threatened-species-protections-9f5a2c12e51a857ae32b85997b54dcc7

2024-03-28 16:25:14

Dali cargo ship suffered 'severe electrical problem' while docked in Baltimore days prior to bridge collapse crash that saw it suffer 'total power failure, loss of engine failure', port worker says
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13246079/Dali-cargo-ship-suffered-severe-electrical-problem-docked-Baltimore-days-prior-bridge-collapse-crash-saw-suffer-total-power-failure-loss-engine-failure-port-worker-says.html

2024-03-28 14:55:05

Yes, beavers can help stop wildfires. And more places in California are embracing them
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-03-26/beavers-can-help-mitigate-megafires-california

2024-03-17 04:06:07

How Bitcoin mining devastated this New York town
Between rising electricity rates and soaring climate costs, cryptomining is taking its toll on communities.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/18/1049331/bitcoin-cryptocurrency-cryptomining-new-york/

2024-03-05 16:54:34

Researchers create AI worms that can spread from one system to another
Worms could potentially steal data and deploy malware.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/03/researchers-create-ai-worms-that-can-spread-from-one-system-to-another/

2024-03-03 19:04:12

It’s now significantly more deadly to be homeless. Why are so many people dying?
https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2024/02/homeless-mortality-report/

2024-03-03 19:02:54

Machine gun-wielding robot dogs are better sharpshooters, claims study
I’m sure there won’t be any problems with this.
https://interestingengineering.com/military/robot-dogs-better-sharpshooters-study

2024-02-28 16:01:22

New policy guide details how states can strengthen laws to fight oppressive child labor
https://www.epi.org/press/new-policy-guide-details-how-states-can-strengthen-laws-to-fight-oppressive-child-labor/

2024-02-24 13:33:10

Ireland must use full influence to end Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza – Sinn Féin
https://vote.sinnfein.ie/27973-2/

2024-02-23 16:00:03

Don’t date robots — their privacy policies are terrible
/ Research from Mozilla found many AI companion apps fail privacy checkups and often don’t stand by what their chatbots ask of users.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/15/24074063/ai-chatbot-virtual-girlfriend-apps-mozilla-privacy-report

2024-02-23 02:32:30

Just in case
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/978/449/205/961/047/original/d7203d1b91b8c3e6.jpeg

2024-02-18 16:48:56

Here we go:
Lawmaker raises new flap over U.S.-funded virology research that critics call risky
Alleged “gain-of-function” bird flu experiments with China do not pose any threat to people, scientists insist
https://www.science.org/content/article/lawmaker-raises-new-flap-over-u-s-funded-virology-research-critics-call-risky

2024-02-17 17:18:20

Your AI Girlfriend Is a Data-Harvesting Horror Show
The privacy mess is troubling because the chatbots actively encourage you to share details that are far more personal than in a typical app.
https://gizmodo.com/your-ai-girlfriend-is-a-data-harvesting-horror-show-1851253284

2024-02-12 20:01:05

Google’s and Microsoft’s chatbots are making up Super Bowl stats
https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/11/googles-and-microsofts-chatbots-are-making-up-super-bowl-stats/

2024-02-11 14:25:18

The Billionaire Who Wants To Live Forever Has Long Covid
https://www.donotpanic.news/p/the-billionaire-who-wants-to-live

2024-01-30 20:48:32

Why Covid Can Never Be 'Just A Cold'
“People didn’t go from being happy to isolate, test, mask, lock down, to being chill about coexisting with this virus. The normalising process wasn’t organic, it was engineered…
If covid is here in three hundred years, it won’t be a cold. Why? Because Sarscov2 infects cells in the human body in a very different way to any other virus that causes a cold.”
https://www.donotpanic.news/p/why-covid-can-never-be-just-a-cold

2024-01-13 23:01:38

Nikki Haley Helped Boeing Kill Dark Money Disclosure Initiative
Following 737 crashes, the GOP presidential hopeful helped crush a proposal to force more disclosure of Boeing’s spending to influence safety regulators.
https://www.levernews.com/nikki-haley-helped-boeing-kill-dark-money-disclosure-initiative/

2024-01-09 14:41:46

Why America hates its children
Kids are worse off in America than in any other rich country. It's by design.
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-america-hates-its-children-parenting-expensive-childcare-schools-kids-2024-1

2024-01-05 23:04:47

ISP selling data: why you should actually care
Unbeknownst to you, there’s a good possibility that your Internet Service Provider (ISP) regularly sells your data to boost their profits.
Since the US Congress voted to roll back the FCC protections against the practice, American ISPs now have the opportunity to record, store, and sell the data that passes through their servers.
https://cybernews.com/privacy/isp-selling-data-why-you-should-actually-care/

2024-01-04 16:53:28

What we learned about human nature from the pandemic: most people don’t care if they infect others.
They only want to do whatever they *#%* want to do no matter who it hurts.
Nothing seems to matter to them but that. Nothing.
#COVID

2023-12-30 21:18:57

Building with salvaged materials
Here’s a website that demonstrates how you can most efficiently harvest salvaged wood and save a fortune on materials:
https://verdant.net/building_ideas.htm

2023-11-23 22:55:17

Brothels that serviced politicians and military officials raked in millions: ‘Record keeping was impeccable’
The ‘commercial sex buyers allegedly included elected officials, high tech and pharmaceutical executives, doctors, military officers, government contractors that possess security clearances, professors, attorneys, scientists, and accountants, among others.’
https://nypost.com/2023/11/23/news/brothels-that-serviced-politicians-and-military-officials-raked-in-millionsrecord-keeping-was-impeccable/

2023-11-16 20:15:34

Bad Bots Account for 73% of Internet Traffic
The top five categories of Bad Bot attacks are fake account creation, account takeovers, scraping, account management, and in-product abuse
“The growth in the prevalence of Bad Bots is likely to increase for two reasons: the arrival and general availability of artificial intelligence (primarily gen-AI), and the increasing business professionalism of the criminal underworld with new crime-as-a-service (CaaS) offerings.”
https://www.securityweek.com/bad-bots-account-for-73-of-internet-traffic-analysis/

2023-11-13 21:57:40

Recommendations for CDC’s HICPAC from over 900 occupational safety, aerosols science, public health, and medical experts
https://peoplescdc.org/2023/11/01/recommendations-for-hicpac/

2023-11-04 15:57:31

Man’s inhumanity to man knows no limits. I weep for our species.

2023-09-13 18:18:32

Addressing Education and Health Inequity: Perspectives from the North of England
The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of good ventilation in the prevention of airborne diseases …
First ventilation controlled study I am aware of: randomised trial to understand the impact that air cleaning technologies had on children’s attendance in school
Schools with these relatively low-cost air cleaning technologies fitted showed significantly lower absence rates.
https://www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/APPG-REPORT-SEPT-23.pdf

2023-09-12 19:16:39

September Song: The 50 Autumns of the Leaf Blower
“The focused 200-mph wind out of these blowers, an intensity unknown in nature, destroys plant and animal habitat, blasts away topsoil, converts animal remains and animal feces to aerosol, and is generally bad.
Do you miss the fireflies you used to see in the summer? One of their big enemies is blowers that eradicate the organic shelter in which their eggs and larvae would spend the winter.”
https://fallows.substack.com/p/september-song-the-50-autumns-of

2023-09-07 15:12:25

Seaweed to cow feed: Why is Sweden building the world’s largest algae factory?
4 per cent of the world’s methane emissions currently come from cattle, which is two times higher than the whole aviation industry put together.
When fed to cows at a daily dose of just 100 grams, the seaweed feed reduces their enteric methane (gas fermented in the intestines of cows, sheep and goats) emissions by up to 80 per cent.
https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/09/24/seaweed-to-cow-feed-why-is-sweden-building-the-world-s-largest-algae-factory

2023-09-05 17:15:57

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@npub1ddp…2tax I struggle with this. There are Republicans who do harm to the society, no doubt about it. But there are also those who are nominally Republicans yet still open to persuasion when it comes to common issues.

2023-09-05 17:05:27

HOW TELLING PEOPLE TO DIE BECAME NORMAL
How we let schadenfreude take over. Can we not curb our baser instincts?
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/internet-troll-motivations/675203/

2023-09-04 15:56:13

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@npub1ddp…2tax it does seem that way. I too wish we had better choices. Not holding my breath though.

2023-09-04 15:43:19

Democrats beware: These Black voters are fed up, and looking for a political home
Mr. Beatty, who has earned multiple degrees and certificates in the trades, criminal justice and leadership, said the media tries to divide people on the basis of skin color.
“But we have a lot more in common than we have different. All of us want to be safe. All of us want our kids safe. All of us want to live a decent life. That’s all we want.”
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insight/2023/09/03/black-voters-trump-biden-democrat-salena-zito/stories/202309030028

2023-08-31 14:38:56

FBI SUCKING UP DNA AT A PACE THAT RIVALS CHINA, HOLDS 21 MILLION SAMPLES AND COUNTING
China and the U.S. are collecting the same proportion of their populations’ DNA profiles — and the FBI wants to double its budget to get even more.
https://theintercept.com/2023/08/29/fbi-dna-collection-surveillance/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter

2023-08-31 14:27:34

“I Tracked an NYC Subway Rider's Movements with an MTA ‘Feature’”
“Obviously this is a great fit for abusers,” an expert on domestic violence and cybersecurity said.
https://www.404media.co/i-tracked-nyc-subway-rider-home-omny-mta/

2023-08-29 20:55:48

Hospitals are killing patients because they don't feel like doing infection control
We now know COVID is fully airborne. We also know how to control airborne disease. So why are vulnerable people still dying of hospital-acquired COVID?
https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/hospitals-are-killing-patients-because

2023-08-29 17:25:55

Foxconn Puts Its Empty Buildings In Wisconsin Up For Sale
Foxconn founder Terry Gou announces run for Taiwan presidency, pledging to fix China ties
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/28/terry-gou-foxconn-founder-taiwan-presidency-china-ties

2023-08-23 16:23:41

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@npub1ddp…2tax the go the government wants to allocate funds for projects for Christians, other religions, and atheists. When they put down Jedi as a religion it takes money away from projects for atheists. It all seems odd to me since I’m not an Aussie.

2023-08-23 15:48:26

So Many Australians Are Claiming ‘Jedi’ As Their Religion That It’s Becoming A Problem
https://gizmodo.com.au/2016/08/so-many-australians-are-claiming-jedi-as-their-religion-that-its-becoming-a-problem/

2023-08-22 13:19:46

No app, no entry: How the digital world is failing the non tech-savvy
The elderly, the poor and the unbanked are among the marginalised groups being excluded from our cashless society
Technology doesn’t have to be dehumanising, but if it’s to avoid that outcome it has to be human-focused, not just consumer-focused, and in particular not just digital-consumer-focused.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/20/no-app-no-entry-how-the-digital-world-is-failing-the-non-tech-savvy

2023-08-21 13:23:15

Maryland reports first locally acquired malaria case in 40 years
The latest case was reported in the Washington, D.C., area by a patient who had not traveled outside the U.S.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/maryland-reports-first-locally-acquired-malaria-case-40-years-rcna100813

2023-08-20 14:18:53

Food insecure population grows for fifth straight month
https://stephensemler.substack.com/p/food-insecure-population-grows-for

2023-08-13 16:02:32

The current top-bracket tax rate is 37%.
In 1965 it was 70%.
In the 1950s it was 90%.
NOT taxing the rich is what’s new.
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/federal/historical-income-tax-rates-brackets/

2023-08-13 12:39:41

This Is What Happens When People Start Actually Reading Privacy Policies
A recent controversy about Zoom’s ability to train AI on users’ conversations shows the importance of reading the fine print
https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/08/12/this-is-what-happens-when-people-start-actually-reading-privacy-policies

2023-08-12 13:40:40

Some good news!
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp Sees Profits Plummet by Colossal 75 Percent
The conservative media empire is falling apart.
https://newrepublic.com/post/174963/rupert-murodchs-news-corp-sees-profits-plummet-colossal-75

2023-08-10 18:15:46

Trump says he won't sign the loyalty pledge required for first GOP debate
The pledge includes a clause saying that the candidate will support the eventual GOP nominee.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-wont-sign-loyalty-pledge-required-gop-debate-rcna99155

2023-08-09 13:41:05

Western Australia to scrap new law protecting Aboriginal heritage sites
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/8/western-australia-to-scrap-new-law-protecting-aboriginal-heritage-sites

2023-08-07 14:55:20

The First Big Antitrust Trial of the Century Is About to Start
Google's monopoly is going on trial starting September 12. This is the big one. Or rather, it's the start of a series of big ones.
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/the-first-big-antitrust-trial-of?

2023-08-05 12:32:08

Remote work is killing productivity, the experts and CEOs say—except it just surged the most in nearly 3 years
A lot of office time is devoted to meetings which are largely time sinks but serve for management to assert authority. Another in-office time sink is gossip and politicking. The second time-waster does not go away with work from home but is reduced.
https://fortune.com/2023/08/04/remote-work-productivity-second-quarter-gdp-growth-return-to-office/

2023-08-04 14:43:45

https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/4134891-a-monumental-ufo-scandal-is-looming/
A Monumental UFO Scandal is Looming
“This leaves two extraordinary possibilities — that elements within and outside of the U.S. government oversee a decades-old UFO retrieval and reverse-engineering effort – a profound, paradigm-shifting development — or multiple esteemed and credentialed current and former government officials are engaging in a brazen disinformation campaign.”

2023-08-04 12:43:12

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@npub1xr8…3q0g plenty of watchers of this in the US. Amazing how we little people have no say in the matter.

2023-08-04 12:32:39

From Covert to Overt: UK Government and Businesses Seek to Unleash Facial Recognition Technologies Across Urban Landscape
The Home Office is encouraging police forces across the country to make use of live facial recognition technologies for routine law enforcement.
Retailers are also embracing the technology to monitor their customers.
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/08/uk-government-wants-to-take-facial-recognition-use-to-whole-new-level.html

2023-07-28 12:29:02

https://www.businessinsider.com/adobe-ai-firefly-kill-graphic-designer-jobs-cut-seat-sales-2023-7
Inside Adobe, some staff worry their AI tech will kill graphic designer jobs and undermine the company's business model: 'Is this what we want?'

2023-07-13 16:15:18

"Stanford Medicine scientists pinpoint COVID-19 virus’s entry and exit ports inside our noses
A discovery by Stanford Medicine researchers and colleagues may pave the way for a “morning after” or prophylactic nasal spray to prevent infection."
#Covid #NasalSpray
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2023/01/covid-virus-infection-nasal.html